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...Information and Education Division turned in a generally excellent performance during World War II. It operated under the assumption that an informed soldier is a better soldier, that a man who had a sense of the why and wherefore was of greater use to the Army. And, through its troop Information Program and its Orientation Branch, it labored to give the American soldier facts about his country, his service and his allies, as well as his enemies. The I & E program brought education to the American GI through its USAFI branch, gave his news in I & E-edited overseas newspapers...
...biggest news from Lake Success last week was that Russia seemed to accept the principles of international "control" and "inspection" in troop inventories and disarmament, including abolition of the atomic bomb and other possible weapons of mass destruction. But when the Russian proposals were closely examined, Britain's handsome, able Sir Hartley Shawcross, who had been the British prosecutor at Nürnberg, branded them as snares & delusions...
Reality & Shadow. Russia's proposal for troop inventories everywhere outside of national frontiers had embarrassed Britain considerably. Britain was afraid, not of disclosing strength, but of disclosing weakness in troubled areas. As a Whitehall spokesman sadly put it, "People will realize that we've been holding a lot of these places with little more than a smile and a bar of chocolate for the children. Local populations may be emboldened to twist the lion's tail." Therefore Britain suggested that the inventories include troops at home as well as abroad, and that they be verified...
...appreciated these concessions, but they were troubled by the idea of divided police allegiance. Under what conditions could the governor hire & fire the police chief? Mr. Molotov said that the police matter could be settled more quickly if the Anglo-U.S. bargainers would set a time limit for troop withdrawal...
...commanders, in which he urged a boycott of Jewish merchants because that would "be punishing the Jews in a way the race dislikes...." His recall encouraged moderate Zionist leaders, but extremists were unappeased. They provided the occasion for Webb's outburst, exploding three bombs in rapid succession near troop roadblocks and injuring eleven Tommies, one civilian...